Hey guys, it's been a while since anyone's used the HNM term anymore and although I know many regard its meaning to be 'Honorary/Honorific Notorious Monster' and so it should be awarded to any monster that awards a title, but I feel this isn't the best way to use the label anymore.
So I was thinking of criteria that could be used for these monsters and, as there are no 18-man-required bosses anymore (or even 6-man-required bosses), the only criteria I could think of is that the monster can't be soloable. So here's my question to you all:
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, this includes not just supplementing damage and buffs/debuffs, but also includes players who take damage as a tank or to help mitigate AoE split-damage attacks, or who utilize game mechanics to assist the player attempting a solo in any way.
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, this DOES includes Unity Concord NPCs but DOES NOT include Avatars, Spirits, Wyverns, Puppets, Beasts or Luopans summoned or called by the player.
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, otherwise we cannot be sure that the player has not had assistance beforehand. The clock starts on the first attack (by the player, pets or the enemy) and ends when either the enemy's HP runs out or, in some cases, when the enemy's death animation begins.
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, these include and are limited to Bahamut, Shiva, Phoenix, Carbuncle, Fenrir, Sylph, Valefor, Leviathan, Odin, Quetzalcoatl, Siren, Ragnarok, Cerberus, Bismarck, Lakshmi and Asura.
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, this means in cases where the same NM can be fought in different places at different strength levels (i.e the Ark Angels) then entry into the battlefield and the loot dropped as the mob is defeated must be shown in the video to verify that the correct fight is indeed taking place in the right place.
This is a list of all mobs in the game that currently are thought to have never been downed. With any tactics, by any number of people.
This is the definitive list of all mobs that have not been soloed even once. As soon as video evidence of a successful solo is published and the evidence has been deemed viable, the mob will be moved down to the Honourable Mentions section of the post.
This is the list of all mobs once thought completely unsoloable. The easier solos are typically at the top of the list and the harder ones are typically at the bottom. Please note that although it has been proven that the mobs below can be soloed, in most cases a very specific job/equipment setup has been used and the players able to solo the mobs have demonstrated a high degree of skill and knowledge in the job.
This is a list of the best jobs for soloing, organized from top to bottom on how many first solos and best times have made their way onto the Honourable Mentions leaderboard.
This is a list of the top soloers, worked out by the total number of their solos across all jobs.
